Partnerships
While the ability to temporarily file amended returns is welcome by many BBA partnerships,
some unanswered questions remain about the consequences of doing so, and in some circumstances filing an AAR could be preferable.
Taking business expense deduction for RV is evidence
of commercial use in warranty dispute.
Single-member LLCs and sole proprietorships must
consider several unique issues when choosing to incorporate — including the tax consequences of
transferring, or not transferring, assets into the newly formed corporation.
The IRS issued proposed regulations under Sec. 1061, enacted by the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which requires owners of certain partnership interests to hold them for three years to be eligible for capital gain treatment.
The following discussion mostly focuses on the ability of partnerships to file amended returns and
the QIP technical correction under the guidance issued in Rev. Procs. 2020-23 and 2020-25, respectively.
If a partnership’s allocations are not respected, the IRS or the courts can reallocate items of income or loss and assess underpayment or accuracy-related penalties.
The IRS proposes modifying the partnership form (Form 1065) to help standardize the format of international tax items.
This discussion considers reasons the purchaser of a
partnership may want to rethink the use of such shortcuts when estimating the federal income tax consequences associated with a Sec. 743(b) adjustment in an acquired partnership interest.
Partnerships must weigh the benefits of amending returns now that administrative hurdles have been
removed.
This article summarizes business and individual tax provisions of the CARES Act, emergency legislation designed to speed relief to employers and individuals who are struggling due to the COVID-
19 pandemic.
Proposed regulations change the paradigm for the tax treatment of compensation paid by a partnership situated below a publicly held corporation in an Up-C or UPREIT structure.
The mechanics of the withholding regime seem straightforward, but they can be difficult for certain
tiered partnership structures.
When advising on a merger of LLCs, tax advisers
must consider the application of state merger law, the continuity of the merged entities, and whether the merger constitutes an assets-over or assets-up
transaction.
This article explains the procedures for making adjustments to previously filed partnership returns, a process that changed significantly with the creation of the centralized partnership audit regime.
This discussion provides a review of the federal filing requirements for amending partnership returns and focuses on three states that have taken varying approaches to address the corresponding state effects of the BBA.
To allow those partnerships to take advantage of the beneficial tax provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the IRS is allowing partnerships to file amended returns for 2018 or 2019.
This item briefly summarizes the BBA rules, discusses the requirements for filing an AAR under Sec. 6227, and addresses the effects of filing an AAR on certain types of partners.
In highly leveraged partnerships, bottom-dollar payment obligations have been used by partners to increase their at-risk basis in a partnership to use loss allocations or to receive nontaxable cash distributions.
This item discusses final regulations providing guidance on when partnership liabilities are recognized as recourse under Sec. 752.
An entity that is recognized for federal tax purposes as an entity separate from its owners can be classified as one of several entity types, but the available classification options depend greatly on
state law and the number of owners or members.
